Improvement in earth-closets



vUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, f

JOHN L. YOUNG, or Nnw YORK, N.1Y.

IM PROVEMENT IN EARTH-CLOSETS.

Specifi :ation fornlin g part of Letters Patent N o. 146,119, datedDecember 30, 1873; application filed October 12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. YOUNG, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Earth-Closets, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The invention consists in the improvement of earth-closets, ashereinafter described, and

y pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a vertical section ofthe closet, taken on the line x v of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of Fig. 1, taken on the line y y, showing the shutters closed.Fig. 3 is a view of the same in another position, showing the shuttersopen. Fig. 4 is a detail, showing the cover-hinge. Fig. 5 is a detail ofone of the shutters.

. y dotted lines, and shown as when the cover is raised and the closetin use. F represents the shutters. The hinge E consists of 1the bar Gr,which is attached to the edge of the cover, having a branch, H, thereon.I is a bar, which isattached to the side of the closet-casing, and isconnected with the bar Gr by the straps J J at the points K K. Thesestraps are connected by pivots at each end, and thepivots are the pointsupon which the hinge turns, and bywhich it is allowed to change itsposition so as to operate the shutters and servicepan, as well as thecover. L L are inclined i rods running from front to rear of the closet.

The service-pan is connected with these rods by means of clips or slidesM. N represents a wire attached to each side of the pan at one end. Theother end is connected with the hingebar G at the hole O.` This bar`extends down below the edge of the cover, and its end swings back, asseen in Fig. l, so as to carry the service-pan back beneath the hopper,as represented. Pis a plate in front `of the mouth of the hopper.hopper. R is the mouth, throughwhich the dry earth is discharged. Whenthe cover is raised, the service-pan D is carried forward beneath theseat, as seen in the broken line S, and carries with it a` layer ofearth equal in thickness to the width of the space R. The excrementfalls upon this layer of earth. When the cover of the seat G is closed,the pan is drawn back and the contents ofthe pan are deposited in thetub T beneath. The space R (and consequently the thickness of the layerof earth on the pan) may be of any width, and the plate P may be madeadjustable, if desired. U U represent jambs or inclined pieces of metalattached to theunder side of the seat. (See Fig. 2.) The shutters F Fare two pieces of met-a1, with their ends turned at right angles andpivoted to the jambsU U, so that they will fall and close together bytheir own gravity. They `are opened, when the cover C is raised, bymeans of the turnedup edges of the service-pans, which strike the cranksY Y, which raises the bail V as the pan is carried forward. This bailhas two inclined planes, W, which strike the pins X X on the shutters,which separates and opens them. The hinge is of such peculiarconstruction and so applied that the shutters are neither opened norclosed until the cover C is thrown almost back against the front of thehopper. The arrangement of the hinge-s and the manner in which itoperates upon the shutters are essential features of my invention. Aperson after using the closet can close the shutters by leaning a littleforward and then starting the cover forward, which closes them while theseat is occupied, so that'the odor is conned.

The service-pan is believed `to be a decided improvement in earth-closets and its effect much superior to the old or common plan. The

Q is the inclined back of the -eXcreinent is more perfectly deodorized7as a and service-pan D, as and for the purposes described.

2. The arrangement of the bail V and cranks Y Y, in combination with theservicepan and shutters7 substantially as shown and described.

JOHN L. YOUNG.

Vitnesses T. B. Mosnnn,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

